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A Natural History of the Hedgerow: and ditches, dykes and dry stone
It is difficult to think of a more quintessential symbol of the British countryside than the British Hedgerow, bursting with blackberries, hazelnuts and sloes, and home to oak and ash,...
Go West: London to the Welsh Coast - 8 Days, 2 Wheels and a Whole Lot
" A joyous rallying cry for middle-aged couch potatoes everywhere " - Mike Parker, author of All the Wide Border " Steve's adventure reminds us all that wildness and countryside...
The Cabin in the Mountains: A Norwegian Odyssey
The wooden holiday cabin, or hytte , is a staple of Norwegian life. Robert Ferguson, author of Scandinavians , explores the significance of a national icon in this charming, affectionate...
Landscape Photographer of the Year: Collection 14
*** 'An ever-dependable showcase for the best images of Britain.' - The Telegraph 'Feature[s] a plethora of stunning black & white images that capture the UK's diverse topography in all...
The Village News: The Truth Behind England's Rural Idyll
'An entertaining book, written with Fort's characteristic conversational style... A real pleasure to read' - BBC Countryfile 'A wide-ranging, intelligent and bracingly enjoyable book' - The Literary Review ' Meticulously...
Meadowland
What really goes on in the long grass? Meadowland gives an unique and intimate account of an English meadow s life from January to December, together with its biography. In...
Down in the Valley: A Writer's Landscape
From the author of Cider With Rosie, this is a moving, lyrical portrait of the landscape of Laurie Lee's world. 'Living in our valley was like broad beans in a...
A Shepherd's Life
A classic of English rural life by a writer admired by Hemingway, published in Classics for the first time Considered a classic at the time of its publication in 1910,...
The Tale of Toxic Positivity
The author of the hit parody The Panda, the Cat and the Dreadfully Teddy draws on the simple, idyllic world of Beatrix Potter to shed light on some of the...
The Cow Book: A Story of Life on a Family Farm
'This is an important slice of living, breathing agricultural history written with absolute honesty by an insider who has the rare quality of being able to see it from the...
West: The American Cowboy
The rolling prairies and ranch communities of the great heartland of America's West may be a long way from New York City, but renowned photographer Anouk Masson Krantz has clocked...
Higgledy Piggledy: The Ultimate Pig Miscellany
* Entertaining, informative, and packed with unusual facts * Illustrated in color throughout Pig, porker, hog, swine--however you refer to him, there is no doubt that the chubby quadruped with...
Fletchers on the Farm: Mud, Mayhem and Marriage
'We jumped in at the deep end and bought a farm! A reluctant wife, a couple of crazy kids and a husband whose knowledge of farming you could write on...
A Ramble Through the History of Walking
'The great affair is to move: to come down off this feather-bed of civilisation, and find the globe granite underfoot,' wrote Robert Louis Stevenson. This book celebrates the history of...
Sanctuary: Creative Homes with Intention, Meaning and Beauty
Sanctuary: Creative Homes with Intention, Meaning and Beauty is a beautifully curated interiors book featuring 21 homes from around the world that showcase the art of authentic living and intentional...
The Countryside Year: A Month-by-Month Guide to Making the Most of the
A Month-by-Month Guide to Making the Most of the Great Outdoors This charming and practical handbook is bursting with tips, facts and folklore to guide you through the countryside year....
Big Pig, Little Pig: A Tale of Two Pigs in France
When Jacqueline moves to south-west France with her husband, she embraces rural village life and buys two pigs to rear for slaughter. But as she gets to know the animals...
Rooted: How regenerative farming can change the world
Rooted charts a quiet revolution taking place in our fields, barns and hedgerows, led by a new generation of farmers on a path of powerful change. Sarah Langford had left...
High Heels and Gumboots: A city girl and a lot to learn
For anyone who has dreamed of living in the country ... here's the hilarious, heart-warming brutal reality. Rebecca Hayter was a high-profile yachting journalist based in Auckland when she followed...
A Year on Our Farm: How the Countryside Made Me
Matt Baker's first ever book is a year spent on the farm; told through the seasons this is his diary of the natural world, his farm and his family, now...
Fletchers on the Farm: Mud, Mayhem and Marriage
'We jumped in at the deep end and bought a farm! A reluctant wife, a couple of crazy kids and a husband whose knowledge of farming you could write on...
Bothy: In Search of Simple Shelter
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'The bothy embrace is addictive' ADAM NICOLSON 'Will have you reaching for your boots' CAL FLYN ....................................................................... A...
A Nature Poem for every Autumn Evening: Volume 3
Poems to celebrate autumn. A companion volume to the successful winter and spring titles, this anthology of poems is as sweet as pumpkin spice and warming as a roaring log...
A Swag of Memories: Australian bush stories
What bush life was really like before the days of motorbike and helicopters. Brian Taylor has lived in the Queensland bush almost all his life, and knows it well: the...
The Great Aussie Road Trip - New Back Roads book from the host of the
A compendium of Heather Ewart's favourite road trips around this great land with tips on where to go, when to go, what to pack and what to see. There's no...
Windswept: Life, Nature and Deep Time in the Scottish Highlands
' Windswept is a wonderful work, prose painted in bold, bright strokes like a Scottish Colourist's canvas' ROBERT MACFARLANE 'An instant classic of British nature-writing' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH A few years...
English Countryside, The
Amazing & Extraordinary Facts about the English Countryside explores the flora and fauna, customs and traditions that give the English countryside its unique charm and special identity. From the standing...
Christmas on the Farm: Wintry tales from a life spent working with
Wrap up warm and retreat to the wintry countryside with farmer and Countryfile presenter Adam Henson, as he recounts his Christmas memories tending to an assorted cast of animals, and...
Wild Air: In Search of Birdsong
Shortlisted for the 2023 Highland Book Prize 'Joyful and mindful, a powerful argument for being still and listening' Sunday Times A book about birds, birdsong and the countryside they inhabit,...
Tales of the Country
Brian Viner and his family had enjoyed much about their nice little middle-class patch of north London, but gradually realised they were suffering from a severe case of 'metropause' --...
The Year of Sitting Dangerously: My Garden Safari
From the acclaimed author of Rewild Yourself comes a brilliant new book that reveals the natural joys to be discovered on your doorstep. In the autumn of 2020, Simon Barnes...
Birds as Individuals
Classic nature writing for bird lovers - a portrait of Britain's ordinary garden birds, and the woman who opened her doors to them. Enter the secret lives of Britain's ordinary...
Icons of England
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England- our favourite things, by well-known names led by Bill Bryson, Michael Palin and Eric Clapton. This celebration of the English countryside does not only focus on the rolling green...
Island Home
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'This country leans in on you. Like family. To my way of thinking, it is family.' The natural world, in Tim Winton's novels, is as much a living presence as...
The Roads to Sata: A 2000-mile walk through Japan
A classic of modern travel writing- the story of one man's epic trek across Japan, from north to south One sunny spring morning in the 1970s, an unlikely Englishman set...
The Shepherd's Life: A Tale of the Lake District
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The phenomenal No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller, now in paperback Some people's lives are entirely their own creations. James Rebanks' isn't. The first son of a shepherd, who was the...
Down in the Valley: A Writer's Landscape
From the author of Cider With Rosie, this is a moving, lyrical portrait of the landscape of Laurie Lee's world 'Living in our valley was like broad beans in a...
Wild Air: In Search of Birdsong
Shortlisted for the 2023 Highland Book Prize'Joyful and mindful, a powerful argument for being still and listening' Sunday TimesA book about birds, birdsong and the countryside they inhabit, from the...
Country Matters: A Countryside Companion: 74 tips, tales and talking
Everything you wanted to know about the countryside, but were too afraid to ask'A joyful companion with surprises and delights on every page'Tristan Gooley, author of The Walker's Guide to...
All the Wide Border: Wales, England and the Places Between
A Waterstones Travel Book of the Year 2023A funny, warm and timely meditation on identity and belonging, following the scenic route along the England-Wales border: Britain's deepest faultline. There is...
A Death in the Parish: The No.1 Sunday Times bestseller
THE NEW NOVEL FROM THE NO.1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF MURDER BEFORE EVENSONGCANON DANIEL CLEMENT IS BACK...It's been a few months since murder tore apart the community of Champton apart. As...
The Yorkshire Shepherdess
Amanda Owen has been seen by millions on ITV's The Dales, living a life that has almost gone in today's modern world, a life ruled by the seasons and her...
My Family and Other Seedlings: A Year on a Dorset Allotment
'A tender but substantive family memoir' Sunday Independent'An acute eye and a lightness of touch ensures that this is never anything other than truly engrossing' The FieldA few years ago...
Country Matters: A Countryside Companion: 74 tips, tales and talking
Everything you wanted to know about the countryside, but were too afraid to ask'A joyful companion with surprises and delights on every page'Tristan Gooley, author of The Walker's Guide to...
A Death in the Parish: The No.1 Sunday Times bestseller
THE NEW NOVEL FROM THE NO.1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF MURDER BEFORE EVENSONGCANON DANIEL CLEMENT IS BACK...It's been a few months since murder tore apart the community of Champton apart. As...
The Simple Life: How I Found Home: The unmissable Sunday Times [...]
An instant Sunday Times bestsellerJoin Sarah Beeny on her journey to live more simply and find her forever home...Throughout her life, Sarah Beeny has been obsessed with the idea of...